Serving dish



Patented Aprrgl, i925. i

ranm- WILLIAM LEONARD SMITH, or Gaumen, nnw JERSEY.

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To all fr/wm t may conce/m Be it known that I, .WILLIAM Leoni-inn SMITH,a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Camden,county of Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new andusetul Improvements in Serving Dishes, ot which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates broadly to dishes, and more particularly toanindividual dining service designed primarily tor use in dining carsand restaurants and at quick lunch counters. .i

The primary object of the invention is te produce a dish whichconstitutes a dinner plate and a container or` storage receptacle torthose articles and implements commonly required in the serving ot aguest, such articles usually comprising knives, i'orlrs, spoons, a cupand a saucer. A

More specifically stated, itis the aim to provide a dish by means ofwhich hurried service ot a guest is greatly simplihed, providing suchguest in a single self-contained device with all thearticles andimplements essential aside from containers in which food is served. y ilfn describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to theaccompanying drawings, in whichl Figure l is a top plan view o theinvention partly in broken section, and- Figure 2 is a central lverticalsection on line 2--2, Figui.

The dish, which is-preterably formed of vitreous lclay er glass,comprises a body l having iormed about the upper part or top thereof anupwardly and outwardly flared flange 2 which forms the outer walls of areceptacle 3 that corresponds in all essential particulars Vto anordinary dinner plate and that is designed to serve the purposes of sucha plate.

Provided in the extreme lower part of the body l` is a horizontalchamber d opening through a side of said body and having a shallow depthadapted for the reception ofv an ordinary saucer 5, said chamberextending inward a sutiicient distance to permit of the introduction ofsuch saucer to apositlon ,in which its center is in the axial center oitthe dish. Alsoformed in said body above said chamber it and opening atits lower end into the latter is a chamber 6 of less width and lengththan. said chamber 4, the same Application fue@ sepiemtei- 28,1921.seriarno. 503,754.

being adapted for receiving a cupl 7 carried by the saucer` 5. n y

' Provided in the body l at oppositesides of the chamber G and parallelto the length of the latteris a plurality of small chambers 8 of formsand sizes adapting them for the reception of knives, forks and spoons.

A slidable closure 9 of arcuately curvedA ferm corresponding to thecireumierential curvature of the body l is designed to be shifted intoand out of closing relation to the mouths of the various chambersprovided, 'as aforesaid, in said body, the upper `and lower edges ofsaid closure being disposed in runways or channels provided in theconfronting faces of suitable narrow ianges l0 .and 1l formed on saidbody at appropriate levels.

`What is claimed isl. A servingdish comprising acne-piece molded bodyhaving its upper part shaped to torni a receptacle ef dinner-plate form,the portion o1 said body below said receptacle providing a horizontallydisposed chamber having a shape and size which substantially conforms tothat of a cup and saucer when disposed in conventional relation, saidchamber being adapted for the reception ot such a cup and saucer in aposition substantially in the axial linev of the dish, and ahorizontally slidable closure for said chamber.`

2. A serving dish comprisinga one-piece molded bodyhaving its upper partshaped to form a receptacle' of dinner-plate form, the portion of saidbody below said receptacle providing a horizontally disposed chamberhaving a shape andsize `which substantially conforms to that of a cupand saucer when disposed in conventional superposed relation, saidchamber being1 adapted for the reception of such a cup and saucer in a`posisuper-posed shaped to substantially contorni to and adapted for thereception oit various table articles, one of said chainbeis being'designed `for the reception ot :i cup and saucer disposed inconvention-il scstef relation, end :i closure slidslple horizontallyinto and ont ot closing` relation to said chambers, 'said bod) having;external channeled ianges on which the edges of seid closureai'e-slidable.

4. As a new article of inzuinfecture, a plate having at thickenedbottoni portion provided with ai recess 'whereby n dish may be carriedtherein.

5. Ass new article ofinanutscture, ai plate having a thickened bottoniportion having a recess therein and provided with thinges ex- VLLIAMLEONARD SENT l vWitness-es z LUTHER MoFAizLiN, VILLIAM l-I. BoNNnn.

